While poetry might seem like the realm of intellectuals, this literary domain is vast, encompassing everything from the love poems we send our sweethearts on Valentine's Day to the funeral poems we ...

Childhood is a magical time, a period of wonder and innocence. It's a time when we explore the world with curious eyes and ...

We present an extract from The Irish Writers Handbook 2025, the essential guide to writing and getting published, with ...

Maude M. Grant was known for writing children’s books, a background that comes through in this kid-friendly Thanksgiving poem. “A Thanksgiving Dinner” is one of the few funny Thanksgiving ...

The poet Grace Nichols introduces and reads some of her best-known poems for children: Sun is laughing ... rain A playful poem about the rain having fun with itself.

Snot and knickers? Grisly teachers? Bouncy, funny poems full of lavatorial humour will go down well with most children, but it is a particular phase they go through, and children are pretty quick ...